By Jeremy Gordon on July 23, 2014 at 4:26 p.m. EDT

Liars have stretched out Devendra Banhart's minute-and-a-half-long "Golden Girls", from the folk singer's 2013 album Mala, into a 10-minute-long experimental electronic freakout. That's also the attached single art, which is an image of Liars' now-trademark colored string placed over Banhart's face.

By Jeremy Gordon on July 2, 2014 at 10:28 a.m. EDT

Last month, folk singer-songwriter Vashti Bunyan announced Heartleap, her third album and first since 2005's Lookaftering. That's the cover art above, which is taken from a painting by Bunyan's daughter, Whyn Lewis. Now, Bunyan has revealed a few more details about Heartleap—specifically, that it will be her final album.

By Jenn Pelly on March 3, 2014 at 2:39 p.m. EST

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' upcoming North American tour will travel the U.S. and Canada throughout June and July. Now they've has confirmed who will open the shows. Kurt Vile, Devendra Banhart, Mark Lanegan, Warpaint, Reggie Watts, and Nicole Atkins will all tour with the Bad Seeds this summer.

By Evan Minsker on December 2, 2013 at 7:20 p.m. EST

Devendra Banhart has shared a new video for Mala's closingtrack "Taurobolium". It's an animated video, fully titled "Mondo Taurobolium", made by animator Galen Pehrson (who previously did Death Grips' "True Vulture" video). It's the story of Mondo-T (voiced by Banhart) and Gale (voiced by Rose McGowan), two ducks embedded in the seedy, trippy world of Hollywood.

By Carrie Battan on March 19, 2013 at 2:13 p.m. EDT

Devendra Banhart will indulge his vagabond nature in an official capacity this spring. He'll hit the road for a North American tour in support of his new record, the solid Mala. Listen to one of his new ones "Never Been Such Good Things" above, and watch him play new material live after the dates. Read our recent interview with Banhart here.

By Ryan Dombal on March 16, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. EDT

Sometimes during SXSW, it's good to get away from the cacophony, just to reset your ears. So Nonesuch's daytime party on a grassy hill beside a boutique hotel on the other side of Austin's Lady Bird Lake was a welcomed respite from the non-stop noise. It was very peaceful. Idyllically so. There was a moment during Devendra Banhart's solo set where a bird began singing, very pleasantly, along with him-- and considering Devendra's pin-quiet volume on this day, the bird even threatened to drown him out at points. It felt like a Disney hoax. But it wasn't. It was a simple moment of beauty. Whether Banhart was aware of his unexpected duet partner was unclear, though I wouldn't be surprised if he was-- when he stepped away from the mic and held a guitar pattern for a moment during a charmingly deconstructed take on one of his new songs, I could've sworn he was giving his vocal new friend a turn in the spotlight.

By Jenn Pelly on January 22, 2013 at 4:59 p.m. EST

On March 12, Devendra Banhart will finally release a new record, Mala, the followup to 2009's What Will We Be, via his new label home, Nonesuch. (That's the cover art, painted by Banhart, above.) We've already heard "Für Hildegard von Bingen" and now another track, "Never Seen Such Good Things", has surfaced via NME. He must be dropping this one in early anticipation of February 14: "If we ever make sweet love again/ I'm sure that it will be quite disgusting."